Vrdolyak Scoffs At Ethics Code

February 02, 1985

Ald. Edward Vrdolyak (10th), leader of the Chicago City Council`s majority bloc, said Friday that Mayor Harold Washington`s proposed ethics code was a ``joke`` and the council would replace it with a stronger one. Vrdolyak said he would support a $1,500 limit on campaign contributions for municipal elections, but indicated that he would oppose a ban on the hiring of relatives of aldermen or city officials as proposed by Washington because it was